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Bayesian Inference of fine-features of dense matter EOS from future high-precision data of neutron star radii
Bao-An Li, Xavier Grundler, Wen-Jie Xie +1
Future high-precision X-ray and gravitational wave observatories are expected to measure the radii of neutron stars (NSs) with an accuracy better than about 0.1 km. However, it rem…
Illuminating dark matter admixed in neutron stars with simultaneous mass-radius constraints
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li, Jia-Yu Zhang +2
We investigate how simultaneous mass and radius measurements of massive neutron stars (NSs) can help constrain properties of dark matter (DM) possibly admixed in them. Within a fer…
Bayesian Inference of Hybrid Star Properties from Future High-Precision Measurements of Their Radii
Bao-An Li, Xavier Grundler, Wen-Jie Xie +1
Future high-precision X-ray and gravitational-wave observations of neutron stars (NSs) are expected to constrain NS radii with uncertainties as small as ~km. Such unpr…
Imprints of high-density nuclear symmetry energy on the crustal fraction of neutron star moment of inertia
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy remains the most uncertain aspect of the equation of state (EOS) of supradense neutron-rich nucleonic matter. Imp…
Bayesian Inference of Fine-Features of Nuclear Equation of State from Future Neutron Star Radius Measurements to 0.1km Accuracy
Bao-An Li, Xavier Grundler, Wen-Jie Xie +1
To more precisely constrain the Equation of State (EOS) of supradense neutron-rich nuclear matter, future high-precision X-ray and gravitational wave observatories are proposed to…
Impact of the nuclear equation of state on the formation of twin stars
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
Twin stars-two stable neutron stars (NSs) with the same mass but different radii have long been proposed to appear as a consequence of a possible first-order phase transition in NS…
Impact of The Newly Revised Gravitational Redshift of X-ray Burster GS 1826-24 on The Equation of State of Supradense Neutron-Rich Matter
Wen-Jie Xie, Bao-An Li, Nai-Bo Zhang
Thanks to the recent advancement in producing rare isotopes and measuring their masses with unprecedented precision, the updated nuclear masses around the waiting-point nucleus $^{…
Properties of First-Order Hadron-Quark Phase Transition from Inverting Neutron Star Observables
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
By inverting the observational data of several neutron star observables in the three dimensional parameter space of the constant speed of sound (CSS) model while fixing all hadroni…
Impact of Symmetry Energy on Sound Speed and Spinodal Decomposition in Dense Neutron-Rich Matter
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
Using a meta model for nuclear Equation of State (EOS) with its parameters constrained by astrophysical observations and terrestrial nuclear experiments, we examine effects of nucl…
A theoretical overview of isospin and EOS effects in heavy-ion reactions at intermediate energies
Bao-An Li, Bao-Jun Cai, Lie-Wen Chen +3
The isospin dependence of in-medium nuclear effective interactions is a fundamental issue in nuclear physics and has broad ramifications in astrophysics. Its uncertainties, especia…
Progress in Constraining Nuclear Symmetry Energy Using Neutron Star Observables Since GW170817
Bao-An Li, Bao-Jun Cai, Wen-Jie Xie +1
New observational data of neutron stars since GW170817 have helped improve our knowledge about nuclear symmetry energy especially at high densities. We have learned particularly: (…
Impact of NICER's Radius Measurement of PSR J0740+6620 on Nuclear Symmetry Energy at Suprasaturation Densities
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
By directly inverting several neutron star observables in the three-dimensional parameter space for the Equation of State of super-dense neutron-rich nuclear matter, we show that t…
The key factor to determine the relation between radius and tidal deformability of neutron stars: slope of symmetry energy
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bin Qi, Shou-Yu Wang
The constraints on tidal deformability of neutron stars are first extracted from GW170817 by LIGO and Virgo Collaborations but the relation between radius and tidal deforma…
Towards Understanding Astrophysical Effects of Nuclear Symmetry Energy
Bao-An Li, Plamen G. Krastev, De-Hua Wen +1
Determining the Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nuclear matter is a shared goal of both nuclear physics and astrophysics. Except possible phase transitions, the densi…
Implications of the mass M of PSR~J0740+6620 on the Equation of State of Super-Dense Neutron-Rich Nuclear Matter
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
We study implications of the very recently reported mass M of PSR~J0740+6620 on the Equation of State (EOS) of super-dense neutron-rich nuclear matt…
Relation between gravitational mass and baryonic mass for non-rotating and rapidly rotating neutron stars
He Gao, Shun-Ke Ai, Zhou-Jian Cao +5
With a selected sample of neutron star (NS) equation-of-states (EOSs) that are consistent with the current observations and have a range of maximum masses, we investigate the relat…
Delineating Effects of Nuclear Symmetry Energy on the Radii and Tidal Polarizabilities of Neutron Stars
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
What can we learn about the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy from precise measurements of the radius () and/or tidal polarizability ($Λ…
Extracting Nuclear Symmetry Energies at High Densities from Observations of Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li
By numerically inverting the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov (TOV) equation using an explicitly isospin-dependent parametric Equation of State (EOS) of dense neutron-rich nucleonic matte…
Combined Constraints on the Equation of State of Dense Neutron-Rich Matter from Terrestrial Experiments and Observations of Neutron Stars
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li, Jun Xu
Within the parameter space of equation of state (EOS) of dense neutron-rich matter limited by existing constraints mainly from terrestrial nuclear experiments, we investigate how t…
How tightly is nuclear symmetry energy constrained by unitary Fermi gas?
Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-Jun Cai, Bao-An Li +2
We examine critically how tightly the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy \esym is constrained by the universal equation of state (EOS) of the unitary Fermi gas $E_{\rm{U…